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HP
PrecisionScan Pro
User’s Guide
83
Adjusting images of
pictures
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Set output resolution
To keep file size small, shorten printing time, and
use less memory, use the lowest possible output
resolution setting for an image of a picture.
The output resolution for the image in the
selection area is set in the
Output Resolution
tool.
The
Output Resolution
tool is active for these
output types:
■
True Color
■
Grayscale
■
256 Color Web Palette
■
256 Color System Palette
■
256 Color Optimized Palette
■
Black & White Bitmap (raster)
1
From the
Tools
menu, select
Output Resolution
.
The
Output Resolution
tool
appears (see page
27
).
2
Read the following sections
before you change the
value for output resolution in the
Output
Resolution
tool.
The output resolution setting displayed in the
Output Resolution
tool will be applied to the final
scan.
Resolution settings for photographs
Follow these guidelines to set output resolution
for color or black and white photographs.
■
Use
75
as the output resolution setting when:
•
you plan to display the image on a monitor in
a Web page
•
the output type is
256 Color Web Palette
,
256
Color System Palette
,
256 Color Optimized
Palette
, or
Grayscale
■
Use
100
as the output resolution setting when:
•
you plan to print the image on a 300 DPI
printer
•
the output type is
True Color
,
256 Color
Optimized Palette
, or
Grayscale
■
Use
150
as the output resolution setting when:
•
you plan to print the image on the
HP PhotoSmart printer or a 600 DPI printer
For Web page images, higher resolution does
not improve image quality, but does increase
the number of bytes required to store the
image.
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